Chapter 61

No comments are coming in.

Is Akashi stopping them?

Just as I thought that, a flood of comments started to flow in.

〔Is there such a thing as a sharp abnormality in luck values!? Seriously!〕

(It was supposed to be a European)

〔Beta is so cool! Marry me! I'll manage your salary!〕

〔The minimum luck value for slime alcohol is 50. Being over 50 at 18 means you're a winner for sure.〕

〔Minimum yellow u〇chi〕

〔↑ Reported〕

〔Being a party that receives requests from the government means you're a winner.〕

〔Having one guy and three girls in a party means you're a winner.〕

〔Are the other members strong too?〕

It feels more positive than I expected?

I had mustered the courage to confess.

Maybe Akashi just isn't sending any malicious comments, but for now, I'm relieved.

By the way, why did Akashi skip "minimum yellow u〇chi" and send these instead?

Did he think a joke to lighten the mood was needed, or does he just like dirty jokes?

"Yes, we are strong. I'm an agility abnormality, and the other two are awakened. Taira alone is amazing, but we are the strongest party when all four of us are together."

"Yeah. We can't lose to Taira."

"Sure. If a strong enemy appears, I'll cast a spell as amazing as Ichi's!"

Everyone said that.

We all rekindled our determination.

〔What a great party. I feel like calling up my old climbing buddies and trying to climb that mountain we gave up on back then.〕

That comment made me feel something warm in my heart.

I had been wondering what was fun about streaming, but comments like this are what make it good.

Our actions move someone's heart, and that moved heart gives us joy.

This is nice.

〔If it's Mount Fuji, you might want to hold off for now. There's a climbing restriction.〕

〔Where is it? Everest? Matterhorn?〕

〔Some of you might not know, but there's a mountain called Tenshozan.〕

〔* Tenshozan's elevation: 4.53 meters〕

〔I was a bit moved, but I was a fool.〕

It seems Akashi likes these simple jokes.

Please don't dampen our spirits.

After defeating enough slimes, we moved further in.

At the fifth floor, we encountered stone golems.

"Stone golems are strong but slow. They're troublesome among the fifth floor monsters. Ayame, want to give it a try?"

"Yes. Release: Gust of Wind."

She controlled it well; a literal gust of wind split the stone golem in two.

It dropped D-coins and magic stones.

"We still have room to spare against fifth floor monsters."

"Mirror stone—pretty, but a hassle to carry back."

"I'll put it in my item box—wait, I sense a treasure chest ahead."

I said that and guided everyone to the location of the treasure chest.

I wonder what's inside?

Well, it's the fifth floor, so I don't expect much.

I opened it.

Inside was—D-cans.

It's been a while since a treasure chest has dropped something.

Hmm? This is—

I picked up the D-can and said,

"Princess, please hold onto this for me."

"Should I hold it?"

She asked, and I nodded.

That's right.

This is a D-can that opens if the princess holds it.

[Opening condition: Owned by someone with agility 300+ for 2 hours]

It's another D-can for the princess.

Just holding it makes it open, which is convenient.

When we reached the sixth floor, three stone soldiers appeared, similar to Haniwa soldiers.

"There are a lot of stone monsters."

"Probably because we're near a quarry?"

"Stone soldiers are rare monsters. What do they drop again?"

Ayame asked.

Princess apparently didn't remember either.

I thought it would be a surprise to defeat them, but—

〔Stone soldiers drop stonecut swords. Literally sharp swords for cutting stone.〕

〔In Japan, they appear in the Inada Dungeon in Ibaraki. This is the second instance.〕

〔The buyback price for a stonecut sword is 140,000 yen.〕

〔I (1) Si (4) for a pun?〕

〔Since they're rare, they should fetch a high price at auction.〕

〔Mentioning they're rare is just a setup for Beta, isn't it?〕

Comments came in, and I thanked the audience.

In that case, I'll take the first shot.

I readied Futsu no Mitama and said,

"Scythe!"

I swept all three stone soldiers in one stroke. They split into upper and lower halves and died.

What remained were D-coins and two swords.

"Ah, you said they're rare, sorry."

I said that and picked up the two stonecut swords.

"「「「I thought so.」」」

The three of us and the comments perfectly synchronized.

Especially the audience, who should have a time lag, reacted way too quickly.

They must have typed it in and waited for this moment.

I felt a sense of threat towards the overly trained audience.

We descended to the tenth floor.

A stone giant appeared.

Not as large as a giant, but still over two meters tall.

"Release: Stone Spear"

Milk's stone spear hit well, but it was deflected by the stone giant.

The stone spear is powerful among beginner earth magic, but the stone giant's defense is higher.

By the way, fire magic is prohibited against stone giants.

It might be effective, but if you can't defeat them, the heated stone will attack, which is a serious threat.

The stone giant tried to counterattack Milk,

"Focus Target"

Princess used a skill to draw the stone giant's attention, making it target her. She dodged its large attacks and precisely attacked its joints, taking it down.

Dancing like a butterfly and stinging like a bee, that's what Princess does.

However, the battle time is getting longer.

Ayame's magic can chip away or crush, but it can't defeat them in one hit. My sword can't sever the giant's body.

In the end, we can only target relatively thin parts like the arms, legs, and neck, but the stone giant doesn't die even if its head is cut off, which is troublesome.

"Hey, everyone. I want to use that spell next."

"Does that spell work on anything other than zombies and skeletons?"

"Yes, it's especially effective on creatures like stone giants that move by magic."

Then I'll trust Milk.

The audience is also excited, thinking, 〔Delta is about to do something interesting.〕

However, we've been investigating for over three hours, and this thing is always here.

What are they doing during the daytime on a weekday?

"Over here."

I guided them to where I sensed a monster.

It was the same stone giant as before.

"Go for it, Milk."

"Thanks, Ayame. Here I go."

Milk readied her staff—

"Release: Holy Water"

Water spurted out and hit the stone giant's face.

It hit, but there was no change.

〔Did it work!?〕

〔The spell name seems to have been censored.〕

〔Stop the failure flag.〕

〔Is Delta's spell a banned word?〕

〔Delta's holy water, pant pant.〕

〔↑ Reported〕

〔That's strange, water should be a weakness for stone types.〕

〔Pokémon fan, you're the best.〕

〔Stone giant: "I feel refreshed."〕

The comments are full of resignation.

The stone giant stands still, so it's normal to think it didn't work.

But I was certain.

Milk succeeded.

The stone giant's presence disappeared.

The stone giant stood still and turned into D-coins.

The audience wouldn't understand what happened.

Milk then explained to everyone.

"I can use potion magic to create potions. The one I just created was holy water, and I can also create other potions. They disappear quickly, so I can't sell them. Oh, I leveled up from that."

When Milk said that, the comments went wild again.

〔Unique spell!—(°∀°)——!!〕

〔It's a unique spell!〕

〔Potion magic is amazing! Delta's workshop!〕

〔Congratulations on leveling up!〕

〔【Sad news】Delta's holy water was real holy water.〕

〔When they said "Did it work?" it really did.〕

〔A one-hit kill on a top-tier tenth floor monster.〕

〔I was reading the explanation of this avatar streaming app that the Dungeon Bureau just announced. If personal information protection is maxed out, unregistered spells and skills are initially censored. Once the support dungeon video editor approves, the spell names can be used without censorship.〕

〔Stone giant: "I feel so refreshed, I'm ascending."〕

The audience is going wild.

The number of concurrent viewers is increasing, and it feels more chaotic than when my luck value was revealed.

And—

"Mr. Ichi, your bag is glowing!"

Sure enough, as Ayame said, Princess's waist was glowing.

It seems the time for Princess's D-can to open has come.